Cashier
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Earnings for Cashiers in the United States come in at around $8.32 per hour on average. Pay generally varies between $7.31 per hour and $10.92. While the particular city and tenure impact pay for this group, the specific employer is the most influential factor. Female Cashiers make up most of the survey respondents at 75 percent. For the most part, people in this position report moderate levels of job satisfaction. Just under one in three enjoy medical while close to one-fifth get dental coverage. Vision coverage is also available to approximately one-sixth. The figures in this overview were provided by individuals who took PayScale's salary questionnaire.

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Job Description for Cashier

A Cashier is an employee who operates a cash drawer by taking orders of customers and handling store receipts and money. Typically, a Cashier will be working a regular 8-hour workday. After clocking in, a Cashier's day begins. For most of the day, a Cashier will be stationed inside the employer's building at a particular cash register, the contents of which will be the Cashier's cash drawer.

The cash drawer will be filled at the beginning of the day with a set amount of cash consisting of various denominations of bills and coins. The Cashier assigned to this cash register on this day will be responsible for healthily maintaining the level of cash in the drawer, as well as the necessary coins needed to dispense change to customers who pay with larger bills. A Cashier will also be fulfilling credit and debit card transactions and may also facilitate check payments, depending on the situation. The Cashier will be responsible for taking the customers' orders and payments, giving them back any change they are due, processing their payments, and delivering both the customers' orders (which the Cashier will bag for the convenience of the customer) and their sales receipts.

The Cashier will also be stashing and keeping track of the merchant's copies of receipts. All of these ongoing events should be reported to the immediate manager as needed. Oftentimes, whenever no customer is present to request an order, the Cashier will be cleaning and arranging the work space around the register as well as any items nearby, either on display or ready to be transported to a different location in the building.

A Cashier should also keep alert for any wandering customers or loiterers who appear to require assistance or direction. The Cashier will be responsible for securing and maintaining a work station free of clutter, irrelevant items, and hazardous materials. A Cashier on a specific cash register drawer will be responsible, at the end of the day, for counting the cash drawer and ensuring that the levels of cash inside the drawer be resolved to the same dollar amount as the drawer held originally. The Cashier must deliver excess cash to the immediate manager and must also present all of the merchant copies of receipts for filing. Finally, the Cashier must securely lock down the work station and ensure it is both clean and tidy before clocking out. Most Cashier positions do not require anything more than a high school diploma, but occasionally a Cashier job may require familiarity or proficiency with computerized office software or the handling of cash in general.

Cashier Tasks

Bag merchandise and collect money.

Operate cash register to process sales.

Close and balance cash drawers.

Common Career Paths for Cashier

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Cashiers who transition into an upper level Registered Nurse role may receive a large increase in pay as the position pays an average $55K per year. Typical career progression for a Cashier involves becoming a Certified Nurse Assistant or a Customer Service Representative, roles that pay $5K more and $11K more on average.

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Popular Employer Salaries for Cashier

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc, The Home Depot Inc., Lowe's Home Improvement Inc., Target Corporation, and The Kroger Company are some prominent firms with considerable interest in employing a large team of Cashiers. Salary cannot be beat at Lowe's Home Improvement Inc., where median pay comes to $20K. The range seems somewhat confined, however; the lower end sits at $16K, and the higher end is not far away at $24K. Sam's Club, The Home Depot Inc., and Publix Super Markets Inc are a few other companies that offer generous salaries, with Cashiers earning around $20K, $18K, or $18K at each firm, respectively.

With a median salary of $16K, Dollar Tree Stores Inc provides Cashiers with the lowest pay in their field; moreover, earnings are capped at only $19K, limiting employee salary growth. McDonald's Restaurants Ltd., Kmart Corporation, and The Kroger Company also rank near the bottom for pay, each handing out $16K-paychecks on average.

Popular Skills for Cashier

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Cashiers seem to wield many skills on the job. Most notably, skills in Accounting, Customer Relationship Management, Customer Service Metrics, and Customer Relations are correlated to pay that is above average, with boosts between 5 percent and 9 percent. Those proficient in Cash Handling are, more often than not, also skilled in Retail and Customer Relations.

Pay by Experience Level for Cashier

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For Cashiers, more experience in the field does not usually mean bigger paychecks. Relatively untried employees who have less than five years' experience make $17K, but folks with five to 10 years under their belts enjoy an appreciably larger median of $19K. Cashiers claiming one to two decades of experience make an estimated median of $19K. Veterans who have surpassed the 20-year mark may make only slightly more than those who are navigating the mid-career stage; the more senior group reports median earnings of around $20K.

Pay Difference by Location

For those looking to make money, Cashiers in Seattle enjoy an exceptional pay rate, 16 percent above the national average. Cashiers will also find cushy salaries in New York (+12 percent), Austin (+5 percent), Chicago (+5 percent), and Los Angeles (+4 percent). Those in the field find the lowest salaries in Philadelphia, 6 percent below the national average. Two other places where employers offer below-median salaries are San Antonio (5 percent less) and Houston (3 percent less).

Cashier Reviews

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Cashier in Rochester:

Pros: I don't actually like my job, but I can say that I do whatever I can to make sure my job is done every day.